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Re:Wikimedia Foundation sends cease and desist letter to WikiPR by davidgerard on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @06:41PM (#6765345)
There are people who write about stuff neutrally as part of their job as an expert in that area. Hence, we usually take care to distinguish "paid editing" from "paid advocacy".
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Re:Wikimedia Foundation sends cease and desist letter to WikiPR by HarryHirsch on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @07:38PM (#6765638)
In the real world, these days authors of scientific papers declare "competing interests". If your income depends on it, you had better declare it.

The tobacco industry taught medical science a lesson, but Wikiworld is wacky, and continues to disregard it.

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Re:Wikimedia Foundation sends cease and desist letter to WikiPR by chris_wot on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @06:11AM (#6767367)
Actually, that's false. There are clear guidelines about disclosing conflicts of interest on Wikipedia (I assume you are referring to Wikipedia when you say "Wikiworld").
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